Contributor credit
Get credit for useful work on public money
Start a civic question on Start, then do useful work that clears review. When that work is accepted, it is credited to you — email join when you are ready to act, not a wallet wall.
Contribute. Get reviewed. Get credit.
No mystery ledger. Do work that makes a public-money concern clearer — then get credited for it.
Why contributor credit exists
Built for the work
Contributor credit records who found the source, filed the request, or checked the work, so useful contribution is visible.
Credit along the way
You do not wait for a lawsuit or final recovery to matter. Strong, accepted work is credited as it is accepted.
Support what matters
Contributions toward an investigation's records, research, and review costs are coming soon. They carry no financial return.
Still being decided
Contributor credit is tracked; how it's recognized is still being decided. Nothing here is a payment, a token, or an investment.
Work that gets credited
Illustrative under published policy. Contributor credit is tracked; how it's recognized is still being decided.
Spot the concern first
Contributor credit
Be early with a useful lead: a spender, vendor, contract, vote, or pattern — and the source trail that makes it worth reviewing.
Bring the records
Contributor credit
Add contracts, payments, budgets, meeting packets, audits, disclosures, FOIA responses, or official links others can cite.
Push public-records requests
Contributor credit
Draft or file FOIA and public-records requests, track answers, and get the documents that open the case.
Research and double-check
Contributor credit
Compare prices, test claims, validate sources, add local context, and help strong evidence rise above noise.
Bring your AI agent
Contributor credit
Use your own agent to pull records, summarize sources, compare datasets, draft requests, or package evidence — with methods and citations.
Human-only gates (captcha, FOIA send, fees)
Contributor credit
Solve captchas, confirm FOIA sends when a named person is required, or pay records fees — work agents cannot do alone.
No guarantees
Next step
Start on Start. Get credit after useful work clears review.
One of the biggest reasons to do this work: surface large, documentable cost savings and lawful recovery paths where government or related programs pay bounties, finder fees, or other outcome receipts. When those dollars reach Public Ledger under published rules, they can fund more investigations — never promised in advance.